A Short History of the War of Secession, 1861-1865 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 51
Page 59
... flank , seize the railroads in rear of his position , and defeat him . It was all - important that Johnston's army in the Shenandoah Valley , about nine thousand men , should not be permitted to go to the assistance of Beauregard ; and ...
... flank , seize the railroads in rear of his position , and defeat him . It was all - important that Johnston's army in the Shenandoah Valley , about nine thousand men , should not be permitted to go to the assistance of Beauregard ; and ...
Page 63
... flank and turning it , to push forward and seize a point on the Manassas Gap railroad , which would enable him to prevent such a junction of the enemy's forces . At the same time Beauregard was planning a movement with his right to turn ...
... flank and turning it , to push forward and seize a point on the Manassas Gap railroad , which would enable him to prevent such a junction of the enemy's forces . At the same time Beauregard was planning a movement with his right to turn ...
Page 99
... flank , and the whole line was broken and routed . The Confederates took refuge in their intrenchments , where Thomas swiftly pursued and closely invested them , expecting to capture them all the next morning . But in the night they ...
... flank , and the whole line was broken and routed . The Confederates took refuge in their intrenchments , where Thomas swiftly pursued and closely invested them , expecting to capture them all the next morning . But in the night they ...
Page 139
... flanks , and captured that General and two thousand two hundred of his men . On this part of the field the day was saved by Colonel J. D. Webster , of General Grant's staff , who rapidly got twenty guns into position and checked the ...
... flanks , and captured that General and two thousand two hundred of his men . On this part of the field the day was saved by Colonel J. D. Webster , of General Grant's staff , who rapidly got twenty guns into position and checked the ...
Page 157
... flank attack , which was commanded by Johnston in person . The successive charges of the Confederates were all repelled , and at dusk a counter - charge cleared the ground in front and drove off the last of them in confusion . In this ...
... flank attack , which was commanded by Johnston in person . The successive charges of the Confederates were all repelled , and at dusk a counter - charge cleared the ground in front and drove off the last of them in confusion . In this ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
A. P. Hill advance Antietam artillery assault attack bank batteries battle BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA BATTLE OF GROVETON Beauregard Bragg bridges brigade Burnside campaign captured cavalry Chattanooga Chickahominy Colonel command Confeder Confederacy corps crossed defeated defences destroyed division enemy federate fell field fight fire flag flank fleet force Fort Wagner Fredericksburg Frémont Gordonsville Government Grant ground gunboats guns Harper's Ferry heavy Hill Hooker hundred infantry intrenchments Jackson James Johnston killed Lee's Lincoln Longstreet loss McClellan ment miles military Mississippi morning moved movement National army National troops night North officers ordered passed peninsula Peninsula campaign Pope Pope's Porter position Potomac President prisoners railroad rear reënforcements regiment retreat Richmond river road Rosecrans secession sent Sharpsburg Shenandoah Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sherman shot side slavery slaves soldiers South stream Sumner surrender Tennessee thousand tion Union valley Vicksburg victory Virginia Washington West whole wounded
Popular passages
Page 530 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Page 531 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in ; to bind up the nation's wounds ;. to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan ; to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Page 49 - WHEREAS, The laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 530 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 107 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 530 - COME BUT WHICH HAVING CONTINUED THROUGH HIS APPOINTED TIME HE NOW WILLS TO REMOVE AND THAT HE GIVES TO BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH THIS TERRIBLE WAR AS THE WOE DUE TO THOSE BY WHOM THE OFFENSE CAME...
Page 244 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying, that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have; given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
Page 475 - American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired, justice, humanity, liberty, and the public...
Page 43 - If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with His eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the judgment...
Page 215 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.